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Edmund Clarence Stedman, ed. (1833–1908). An American Anthology, 1787–1900. 1900.

By ErnestMcGaffey

1436 A “Rise”

UNDER the shadows of a cliff

Crowned with a growth of stately pine

An angler moors his rocking skiff

And o’er the ripple casts his line,

And where the darkling current crawls

Like thistle-down the gay lure falls.

Then from the depths a silver gleam

Quick flashes, like a jewel bright,

Up through the waters of the stream

An instant visible to sight—

As lighting cleaves the sombre sky

The black bass rises to the fly.